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The biggest cardiovascular center in The Netherlands

I worked temporarily at The Catharina hospital in Eindhoven last month . In the first day I had problems finding the main entrance . I parked the bicycle quickly near an entrance with a large building site . After I finished working in that day I asked at the information desk which one is the main entrance . I found out that I entered through it . While unlocking the bicycle , I looked up and read on a panel that I was standing not in front of an ordinary building site , but in front of the one for the biggest cardiovascular center in The Netherlands . I could not resist the temptation to write a post about it .

The Catharina hospital is a modern clinical training hospital , located in Eindhoven , The Netherlands . Although there are many options to find treatment at any hour , in any part of the city , people come at this hospital . I did not encounter any person living in this city that would not check in here , at some point . I found out on their website that it holds the quality mark in healthcare , awarded by The Netherlands Institute for Accreditation in Healthcare ( The NIAZ ) in 2000 . I found out on their LinkedIn group that the hospital has awarded the certificate of " top employers cure and care 2015" .

Figure 1 . The Catherina hospital , in Eindhoven , The Netherlands

The cardiovascular center is the biggest one in The Netherlands . The center already provides diagnosis and treatment for coronary artery disease and stenosis , heart failure , ablation , arrhythmia , valvulopathy , aortic and mitral valve , heart and valve surgery ; high quality research in blood testing , cardiogenetics , cardio - memo , computerised tomography ( CT ) scanning , echocardiogram , fractional flow reserve ( FFR ) measurement , and cardiac catheterisation .

The location of the cardiovascular center is , at the moment , in the main building of the hospital . When the new building section is ready , the centre will move in the new location , giving space to additional rooms for patients in the main hospital building .

Figure 2 . The biggest heart centre from The Netherlands , at The Catharina hospital in Eindhoven

The program Measurable better connects top clinicians and scientists from fourteen cardiovascular centers , and five intervention centers . The cardiovascular centers that joined the program are : The Catharina hospital , The academic medical center Amsterdam , The Amphia hospital , The Erasmus MC , The Hague hospital , Isala , Maastricht UMC + , The medical center Leeuwarden , The medical spectrum Twente , The " Our dear lady " hospital , Radboudumc , The saint Anthonius hospital , The universitary medical center Groningen , and The universitary medical center Utrecht . The five intervention centers that joined the program are : The " Elizabeth two cities " hospital , The Jeroen Bosch hospital , The Maasstad hospital , The medical center Alkmaar , and The Tergooi .

The Catharina hospital provides complex top clinical assistance in the diagnosis and the treatment of cardiac rhythm , in interventional cardiology , and in the cardiothoracic surgery . It is one of the centers that aims to have high quality patient care , with improved transparency . It was an honour working in the hospital .